Car-free Saturdays begin on JFK Drive

SAN FRANCISCO

Published 4:00 am, Saturday, April 5, 2008

City officials will close John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park to cars starting today and continuing every Saturday through September.

The road is already closed on Sundays, and the Saturday closures are meant to give pedestrians and bicyclists greater and safer access to the park. The Saturday closures are for six months of the year under a compromise hashed out among city officials, neighbors and leaders of the park's cultural institutions.

The road will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Saturday. Disabled people and others who find it difficult or impossible to get to their destinations can use a tram service on weekends from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.